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To all new students who have registered on our new website

Hello New Students!

December, 2015

We have noticed a lot of new registrations on our new website, ESL Carnival Academy. Please continue to place your registrations as we plan on having the brand new website up in time for you to enroll into mid-summer ESL 101 & ESL 201 classes. Unlike on our corporate website, Sit-Speak-Eat.com, our new website we will be offering short classes that relate to certain professions, skills, hobbies, and other classes which speak to individualized courses. These short-term courses will assist you as you continue your aim in speaking English for effectively. So, more updates on this to come this weekend. Please continue to register and look for ESL Carnival Academy's new courseware in June.

I'm not sure what kind of papers you'd need to just rip it with your cruiser, to sail up the straights of Mackinac into Newfoundland, Labrador, or to any other North American island. But Tin Lizzie would most certainly know about steering her own vessel in almost any kind of weather. Got water for your terrain? Well just "Sail on" is her motto for summer 2015. Does this sound like you? Is your world a nautical one? Well, if so, consider this.

I was supposed to spend the summer of 2014 on The Nyad Cruiser in Cali, but of course got sidetracked. Beth's Boat is inhabited by EL Captaina Tin Lizzie, hundreds of great admirers who frequent the parked vessel for summer habitual socializing, and a big black nameless hunting hound. Tin Lizzie is a nomad, a pilgrimage and risk taker, and a trailblazer who just so happens to be my friend and confidant for the past five years. She's an exceptional 100k marathon runner, health & fitness enthusiast, a human rights activist, and a previous content writer for ESL Carnival Academy. She's a fun and courageous Amazonian at Sea and definitely a leader of the Women-Can-Do-Anything pact, and she is a part of a tribunal of herculean voyagers. Her role model is the other ocean cruiser, Diana Nyad. In 2012-13, Lizzie ended up running 5 marathons, 4 50Ks, a 44 mile Rim to Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon, a 100K, and a 28 mile Quad Dipsea. [More]

April/May 2015Peaches and Maple leafs! Peaches because I think so many things are just peachy, and today, my life is suddenly flowing with the scent of maple leafs. When I was younger, I wish I had known, that God sometimes places before us an opportunity to experience a transformative experience. It's more than just a challenge or even a personal best. It becomes me, the person transcending into parts unknown, partly discovered by a leap of faith. My transformative experience isn't scaling the rock face of Mt. Everest, obtaining a Phd in mirco-biotics, or running the Boston marathon. My transformative experience will be my nearly one-month long writing, walking, women experience with thirty-four other women writers along Newfoundland's Trans Canada Trail. I am apart of the 2015 Fellowship of women writers bound for Newfoundland, who also walk around the world. This trip, this blog, is now apart of my legacy.

I decided to make this trip, my adventure almost a year ago, and now I have three months until the much anticipated trip. When I think of Canadians, I think about the accents of the Parisians in Paris, or the Italians in Rome. But when I was a kid, as an American woman from Chicago, I could never hear the accents of the Canadians, therefore never hearing their call. But now, I hear their pronunciations, their phonetics, and the word stress on all of their chippy and syrupy, English words. (More - The Transformative Blog)

A "NEWFIE" GOES ON AN ADVENTURE TO NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA IN 2015

February 2015

Hello New, Returning, & Future ESL Academy Students:My name is Gia Benigni Di Borgo, and I am the headmistress for ESL Academy. I felt it necessary to formally introduce myself at the very start of the new year, especially after having January flash past most of our eyes very quickly.

I'm very excited about 2015, since so much of ESL learning, international traveling, and meeting new students is happening. Hello to new and prospective academy students! The Academy looks forward in sharing many, many, superlative English conversations with everyone.

Out of the gate I'd like to announce what's going on in the news about the academy and myself. I am highlighted in the news on the wonderful WritngWalkingWomen.com website. The WWW group is all about some 35 or so women that will be walking the NewFoundland TransCanada Trail in 2015. It is a nearly 100 mile pilgrimage of successful women travel writers and writers of other genres who will be embarking upon the adventure of a lifetime. Feel free to travel over to the WritingWalkingWomen website and learn about the very first time that I traveled alone. I traveled to Mackinac Island. I ventured to the far off territory in upper peninsula Michigan where only horses gallop on cobble pavements and where merchants have erected shoppes that seem to harbor some of the most exceptional, eye-catching and nostalgic, most magnificent beachfront property ever. Mackinac Island sports the most passionate and endearing, timeless island beauty of an old fashioned village. You must pay this spawling island retreat a visit in your lifetime! [more]

IF YOU ARE EXCITED OVER BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH & RANDALL'S CYBER ESL-LAB YOU WILL LOVE ESL CARNIVAL'S GROUP TEACHING STYLES. ADDITIONALLY, WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR #1 ESL TEACHING PLATFORM . WE HAVE DECIDED TO USE THE ESL CARNIVAL'S TEACHING MATERIALS TO HELP LAUNCH THE GROUP CLASSES THAT WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE ON ENGLISH CENTRAL. (ENGLISH CENTRAL IS A TEACHER'S PLATFORM & SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN HOLD CLASSES ONLINE AND TEACH AS MANY AS 100 STUDENTS AT A TIME ONLINE).

The Multi-talented amy walker

We have a lot of students who love this Youtube video. This video really examines language use and as you view it, you really can hear all of the beautiful accents of the world. Many times we forget just how beautiful our languages are. Additionally, AmyWalker is an actress and a one-of-a-kind. It must have taken her years of practice to complete this video. Furthermore, not too many people are able to do what she has done. Some people might be able to learn a few different accents but not 21.

So, enjoy this video and compare the many accents in the video to ways in which you can view your own study of the English language. (Many of our students may hear the many dialects, (or accents), from the many different states that Amy is performing from the USA).

ESL Carnival Academy - "We Love Jon stewart"

Sometimes, America just has to laugh at itself. Here at the Academy, we love to take breaks from ESL teaching to acknowledge great comedians. Also, in keeping with our Carnival theme, we recognize when things are just too plain funny. Additionally, we have a couple of staff members whose birthday is April 1st - or April Fool's Day. Anyway, we'll miss Jon Stewart, although his humor is legendary. Here is Jon's recent ode to big American corporations who really "care" about Americans & the American diet. Love your jokes, Mr. Stewart!

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Want to get out there and teach in Madrid Spain?

Okay, this is a non-paid Homestay geared for the international traveler looking for experience in ESL teaching. This is a non-compensation Homestay/Accommodation Exchange. Get in on this deal as soon as possible to enhance your resume & enjoy teaching abroad. Begin your teaching footprint! (more)